It might not have been the way he wanted to earn it, but Benson
Henderson will receive a lightweight title shot against
Michael
Chandler at Bellator 163 on Nov. 19.

The matchup was announced following the Bellator 160 main event on
Friday night. Henderson earned the No. 1 contender position with a
bizarre stoppage victory over Patricio
Freire at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. on Friday night.
The Brazilian appeared to be winning the fight until he turned away
from Henderson and asked out of the fight in the second round due
to an apparent leg injury.

Bellator 163 takes place at the SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., and
will also include a welterweight contest pitting Michael
Page against Fernando
Gonzalez. The evening’s main card will air on Spike TV.

The former UFC lightweight king, Henderson dropped a lopsided
five-round verdict to Andrey
Koreshkov for the welterweight title in his Bellator debut this
past April. Chandler claimed the lightweight strap recently vacated
by the UFC-bound Will Brooks
with a vicious knockout of Patricky
Freire at Bellator 157.